List of Ganesha temples

This is the list of Ganesha temples. In southern India, the temples are also popularly known as Pillaiyar temples or Vinayaka temples, by the alternate popular names of the Hindu god Ganesha in those regions.

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India

Name City / town State Image
Ballaleshwar Pali [Note 1] Pali, Karjat, Raigad district Maharashtra
Bohra Ganesh Temple Udaipur Rajasthan
Budha Ganesha Temple Jajpur Odisha
Chintaman Ganesh temple, Ujjain Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
Chintamani Temple, Theur [Note 1] Theur, Pune district Maharashtra
Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple Pune Maharashtra
Dashabhuja Temple Pune Maharashtra
Ganesha Temple, Idagunji Idagunji Karnataka
Ganpatipule Ganpatipule, Ratnagiri district Maharashtra
Kalamassery Mahaganapathy Temple Kalamassery Kerala
Kanipakam Vinayaka Temple Kanipakam Andhra Pradesh
Karpaka Vinayakar Temple Pillayarpatti Tamil Nadu
Kasba Ganapati Pune Maharashtra
Khajrana Ganesh Temple Indore Madhya Pradesh
Potali wale Ganesh Temple Indore Madhya Pradesh
Kottarakkara Sree Mahaganapathi Kshethram Kottarakkara Kerala
Kumara Swamy Devasthana, Bangalore Bangalore Karnataka
Lenyadri [Note 1] Lenyadri, Pune district Maharashtra
Madhur Temple Kasaragod district Kerala
Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya Temple Shirali, Uttara Kannada district Karnataka
Mahavinayak Temple Jajpur district Odisha
Morgaon Ganesha Temple [Note 1] Morgaon, Pune district Maharashtra
Nandrudayan Vinayaka Temple Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu
Padmalaya Padmalaya, Jalgaon district Maharashtra
Pazhavangadi Ganapathy Temple Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
Ranjangaon Ganpati [Note 1] Ranjangaon Maharashtra
Siddhivinayak Mahaganapati Temple Titwala Maharashtra
Siddhivinayak Temple Mumbai Maharashtra
Siddhivinayak Temple, Siddhatek [Note 1] Siddhatek, Ahmednagar district Maharashtra
Sree Indilayappan Temple Karickom, Kollam district Kerala
Swetha Vinayagar Temple Thiruvalanchuzhi Tamil Nadu
Tarsod-Ganapati Temple Tarsod, Jalgaon district Maharashtra
Thoondugai vinayagar temple Thiruchendur Tamil Nadu
Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Rockfort Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu
Uthrapathiswaraswamy Temple Tiruchenkattankudi, Tiruvarur district Tamil Nadu
Varadvinayak [Note 1] Mahad, Raigad district Maharashtra
Varasiddhi Vinayaka Temple Chennai Tamil Nadu
Vigneshwara Temple [Note 1] Ozar, Pune district Maharashtra

Ganesh Chaturthi pandals

Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival of 10/11 days observed in the months of August/September. During this festival, idols of Ganesha are worshipped in public places after erecting temporary pandals. The idol is then immersed in water bodies at the end of the festival.

Following is the list of notable Ganesh Chaturthi pandals in India.

Name City / town State Image
Khairtabad Ganesh Khairtabad Telangana
Lalbaugcha Raja Mumbai Maharashtra

Outside India

Name City / town Country Image
Hindu Temple Society of North America Flushing, Queens United States of America
Sri Sithi Vinayagar Temple Petaling Jaya Malaysia

Notes

^[Note 1] The temple is one of the eight temples in Maharashtra, collectively known as Ashtavinayaka.

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